I’ll spend damn near all my FAAB on FA rookies. It’s extremely rare to find a serviceable player on waivers in a 12 man league with 30 man rosters, so my best chance at getting value out of my FAAB is hitting on FA rookies
Yea I hear ya. I think if they are smart they would. They should play Brissett, who has shown to be a solid backup, then reevaluate mid season. Let’s be real, the Patriots aren’t making playoffs this year.
NFL breakout players outside the top 350 of pre draft rankings? I doubt that. I’ll certainly take my chances on a Cade Stover type than a Will Mallory or Malik Washington over Van Jefferson
Puka was drafted in most leagues and if he wasn’t he’d be the type of guy I’d buy after the rookie draft. Kyren was also rostered because you can hold 30 players and he was 1 of the top 2 RB options in LA. Additionally, I can add overlooked rookie fliers to my taxi squad but need to clear a roster spot for vets.
The top available veteran free agents in my league are
QB: Stidham, Trubisky, Josh Johnson
RB: Ty Johnson, Justice Hill, Kevin Harris
WR: Demarcus Robinson, Jake Bobo, Van Jefferson
TE: Will Mallory, Durham Smythe, Josh Whyle
I just don’t see the value in saving FAAB on the off chance that a veteran no one wanted before the season pops off, when I can take multiple swings at rookies who have a much better chance of increasing their value long term
Which fucking dynasty league had Kyren and Puka on the waivers during the season? Especially with 30 man rosters, there’s no chance. The argument you keep trying to make doesn’t make sense. Those guys are already rostered so literally the only people who aren’t are the rookie FAs immediately after the draft
Faab doesn't reset.
I think Tracy will be rb1 in NY halfway through the season. Watch him vs Michigan and that national championship defense. If you only get your guy by like 1-10 faab you're doing it wrong.
I just got Tracy last night for $21 out of $150 budget (two bidders). Stoked because Vidal cost a leaguemate $87!! (three bidders).
I also got Braelen Allen for $13. Shipley went for $7.
I had some roster cloggers that I traded in for some dart throws. I spent more than I would have had to, but we have pretty deep roosters with a taxi of 9.
For about 75% of my FAAB, I got:
Estime, Cowing, Rice, Shipley, Ali, and Washington. If one of them hits I'm happy, but our FAAB resets for the regular season so I like to spend it on a few dart throws right after our draft.
The only situation I could see saving a lot of FAAB all season for is putting a bid on a backup QB should their starter go down. (Browning. Flacco, Dobbs, etc)
But it's pretty common for deep leagues to roster all back up QBs.
All my leaguemates do that and then try and send $90 FAAB for a player like Waddle
Like bro what am I going to do with these 90 fun bucks that stop existing in a month
I used 90% of my FAAB after the draft:
- Tyrone Tracy: 37%
- Luke McCaffrey: 23%
- Erick All: 18%
- Theo Johnson: 12%
I’ve found FAAB pretty non-essential in this 14 team, roster 28 league. I’d rather take a chance on some high upside rookies to stash in the taxi squad / bench
Yep, my league just voted on having the budget reset for regular season. I put down $75 on Bucky Irving while all of the other transactions went through for $15 at most. It at least gives me the information that I can most likely win the bid on any player that I like without needing to blow it all lol.
Yeah same, I just decided it was worth it to go hard core after 2 guys I liked, and spent 100% just on them. Still got some nice flyers on the side too
Yeah same, I just decided it was worth it to go hard core after 2 guys I liked, and spent 100% just on them. Still got some nice flyers on the side too
League size matters more for this question than any other. My shallowest league has just over 400 players rostered and I'd go 100% FAAB on Corley if he were there after the draft. For context, the top vet on waivers by ADP is Andrei Iosivas
I made a trade right after my draft to get $50 from another manager. I then proceeded to spend $135 of it on Tracy, Ali, Estime, and Guerendo. No sense in holding it for when I need some like \*checks best available on waivers\* Zay Jones later this year.
I got all of those 4 except Tracy (Giants homer in our league used about half his FAAB on him) along with Brenden Rice, Shipley, Cowing, and Washington.
Guerendo I drafted 3.6, but I spent about $200/$250 of my FAAB to get some dart throws I'd rather have than some roster cloggers
Used $35 on B Rice, someone else used $38. Tried to get Jared Wiley for $24, someone else got him for $28. Whatever you are gonna bid, add an extra $4 or $5. The FA rookies I wanted are gone and now I have FAAB that isn't useful to me.
For Corley, I'd go 60%+...I also drafted Corley with the 2.12.
Depends on the depth of the league and bench spots. If you have a deep bench in a very proactive league, I’d spend almost all on your favorite sleeper or two. It’s basically a free rookie pick and if they garner any camp hype you can usually flip them for a tangible profit. The waiver is usually so thin that in season adds that are valuable are rare.
In a shallow league I’d be more conservative so I can bid heavily on any week 1 or 2 surprise veteran performers or injury beneficiaries that may have a fantasy relevant season that is useful to my team or can be traded to a contender.
People hating on Corley this much is absolutely wild. I would immediately drop almost 100% FAAB on him. Open path to the WR2 on that team and I like his talent.
I think there is a very outside chance he could be Puka lite. Maybe living in ARod’s guest house = breakfast with Kupp.
Every league im in resets FAAB once the regular season starts.
Im going to spend 100% of my FAAB on the first post draft waiver wire in all my leagues.
If I'm rebuilding I'll spend 100% of it on rookies. You just want lotto tickets.
If I'm contending, I'll still be pretty aggressive but I do stop short of 100% in case I need someone during the year. But in a 14 team league with deep benches, that's rare. So I'm still probably spending 75% at least.
The value of FAAB is heavily dependent on the size of your league and how shallow/deep your benches are. The shallower the league, the more guys who are on waivers that could be potential difference makers. The length of the your draft factors in too. If you have a four round rookie draft, well you're pretty much drafting the guys most other leagues are targeting with FAAB.
Post rookie draft I spent about a 60% of my faab on UDFA.
$30 on Sean Tucker
$20 on Puka
$5 on Michael Wilson
$5 on Pop Douglas
I think I got some backup RB for $0 but can’t remember. Maybe like Joshua Kelly types.
I plan on going hard again this year. I’d rather have them in my roster than not if I can clear the bench space.
We have a really late rookie draft so a lot of the names were already generating some buzz in camp. I had strong conviction in Tucker and Puka. I'm not sure who that could be this far out.
Also, my rookie only goes 36 picks so YMMV.
- Malik Washington insane college production and adequate YPRR. I think he immediately challenges for WR3 in the offense and if Waddle misses a game or two we could really see if his college production translates to the next level.
- Issac Guerrendo - extreme outlier terms of size/speed combo and fits the speed back mold that Shanahan wants. Cons are a lack of contact balance and seems to go down easier than you would think. I'm excited to see what he could do though in that scheme.
- Braelon Allen - Just really young, great size. People were talking him up as the RB3 behind Corum and Brooks pre-draft. I think he offers something that NYJ doesn't have in that backfield yet and it could be a lightning/thunder backfield.
- Luke McCaffery - Transitioned late from QB to WR and has looked better each passing year. He gets a chance to develop behind McLaurin and if his work ethic is anything like CMC, I think he'll figure it out sooner rather than later.
- Tyrone Tracy Jr - He transitioned late from WR to RB and popped off for 6.3 a carry in his final year. That backfield is wide open and with his WR background, he could be a PPR machine.
- Brendan Rice - This WR room has a ton of vacated targets and it's worth a shot in the dark.
- Spencer Rattler - I'm not going to knock him for losing his spot in college to QB1 in the draft. He's got the arm and athleticism and is a gun slinger. He could end up more Fitzpatrick than Favre. I don't mind stashing him since I have a lot of Pickett I'll probably be dumping post-rookie.
Again, my rookie is later than most unfortunately, so some of these guys will probably get some buzz or fizzle out completely.
Malik Washington, Guerrendo, Braelon Allen, Luke McCaffery, Tyrone Tracy Jr, Brendan Rice, Spencer Rattler.
I explained in detail in the above comment.
No, but it was my groups first dynasty offseason and I only had a 3rd after selling my 1st and 2nd. I also wanted to aggressively churn the backend of my roster and looked at these free agents as extra draft picks.
I think my league mates are going to wise up this year so I'll proabbly spend 80% post draft this year.
In a shallower league (8 teams) that I’m in, I spent $35 on Javon Baker, $35 on Kimani Vidal and $11 on Ray Davis. I only have $19 left for the season but I think each of these guys should have been drafted.
I have no idea—this is my first season in a FAAB league—so I’m curious what you all think of this approach:
I’ll obviously spend 100% on a player I had in the top 12 on my draft board. And I’d spend 20% on a top-36 guy. (We only draft three rounds). With those benchmarks, it’s basically a sliding scale. So, for instance, I’d spend about 75% for my 20th overall rookie, and around 40% on my 30th overall.
(fwiw, Corley would cost about 46% according to this system and my board, so I guess I’m right there with you).
Does that strategy broadly make sense though? Also, do my specific numbers work? (Again, I’m new, so I’m legitimately making this up as I go; I’d love input).
20th ranked rookie is worth much more than FAAB, let alone 75%
I’d give all of my FAAB for an extra 3rd pretty easily depending how my roster slots and draft board were looking.
This is helpful; thanks for weighing in.
Let’s limit it to waiver claims, so the max I can kick in is 100% of my non-resetting FAAB (unless, of course, I trade for more FAAB prior to waivers).
What would be the cutoff for you where you’re no longer paying all 100%? Number 25 on your board? Number 30?
I don’t think spending 45% on a single player is out of the realm of possibilities. Personally, I think Corley (at this time - before OTAs) would be closer to 15% bid for me. League & level of player optimism dependent. I try to check online resources to get a feel for what the ‘experts’ think is the right %tage. If I like them, I’ll add 5-10% more. If they are a fringe add, maybe I bid 5-10% less than recommended.
I'm completely rebuilding and spent it all lol ($100 no reset)
$24 Estime think Javonte is out this year or next
$15 Ainias Smith
$17 D. Laube (oof)
$12 Blake Watson
$12 Coker
$7 Shipley
$7 Cade Stover
$3 Eric All
$3 Dillon Johnson
After our rookie draft I allot the 16 teams in the league 25 points to spend on UDFAS. Opens right after the draft, bids get put in, next morning they go through. Rest of the week no waivers, just sign for 1 point. Close it in a week, open it again with 100 points for the whole season during training camp
Our league is 12 team SF with 20 roster spots is FAAB in season is almost useless… I’d spend as much as 3/4 if it on a FA pre-season if I felt it was worth it
I dropped like $20-25 each on Puka, Kyren, and Tuipulotu last season
Probably would’ve struggled with waivers the rest of the season if Singletary hadn’t shown up for free
Ours resets at the beginning of the season so I’ll blow all of it on rookies that went undrafted in our rookie draft. Our benches are deep so waivers are barren, may as well take a shot on rookies instead of guys like Everett, Chark, Gallup, etc
It’s hard to gauge how cautious your league will be, I unintentionally blew my entire faab getting cowing, Laube, ali, and Colby Parkinson for $20-26 each and then a few more small bids for guys like Jaheim bell. Was stoked to get the haul tho.
Mine resets and I’m targeting Malik Washington, Isaiah Davis and Ainias Smith. I think Malik could be great in Miami! Spending 71/99 on him. The other guys like 14.
I usually won’t spend much if it doesn’t reset. Most others seem the same because when I do decide to bet 10-20% it seems to usually be way more than I needed. However there are other madmen out there I recently saw somebody blow the entire budget which doesn’t reset on 3-4 rookies going between 20-40% on each of them that went undrafted after 4 rounds * 12.
So if have to have Corley I’d suggest you go over 50 it’s just a bit higher but I think it gives you a better chance.
A not so popular take, zero FAAB for any of these undrafted rookies. Most of my leagues are 12 team and 4 or 5 round rookie drafts so everyone that got drafted by a real team is already taken. Majority of time they never hit and I like having leverage for the regular season and either use the guys I get in the regular seasons or trade them away for pieces.
I Just finished a 10T 1QB TEP draft, 3 rounds. Insane value is still available as some great prospects werent picked:
Sinnott
Lloyd
Tracy
Nix
Penix
how much FAAB would you bid on These Guys ? I am particularly intrigued by Lloyd and Nix (RB is my weak Spot and I only have TLaw at QB). I am pretty Set at TE with LaPorta & Andrews but Sinnott is amazing value.
I will try and spend all FAAb, should I Go all in on 1 Guy or Split it with the risk of Missing Out on everyone
Someone dropped Sinnott in my 12-team SF league after drafting him with the 3.06. I dropped $102 (out of a $200 limit) on him, expecting a good bidding war, and the next highest bid was $6.
Obviously a huge overpay, but I still feel great about it.
Depending on how deep your benches are, the chances of finding a serviceable player are probably super low.
I’d much rather spend FAAB on a rookie I believe in than a 4th year guy who has one good week a year.
Get your guys!
Really disagree with everyone saying all of it - if you have 5-6 open roster spots sure, but there're usually a few training camp players that get hype that are absolutely worth throwing faab on, imo moreso than the random dart throw rookies
If you play in a deep league, with long rosters and a barren waiver wire, then the first round of waivers (post rookie draft) is the feeding frenzy. This is your one chance of the year to get a player that might actually be worth something, off the damn waiver wire. Reset or not, all that FAAB needs to be going out the door on that first night of waivers. Because there ain't be anyone worth picking up on the wire again for another 364 days...
If you play in a more shallow league and want to keep something back for the Donta Foreman, Darius Slayton, Mike Gesicki, Josh Dobbs types of player who you might be able to pick up and use during the season... Well, you might want to hold something back in that case. Maybe spend half keep half.
Audric Estime
Will Shipley
Rasheen Ali
Dylan Laube
Malik Washington
Jalen Coker
These guys are all available to put claims in on. Who would you guys target?
I'm in this 10 team devy SF TEP. Devy and rookies mixed in together. Because of the devy players mixed in, Javon Baker went undrafted. Dropped 100% on him since the Pats room is unclear
I already spent 100% on Sam Darnold haha. Right away when it opened up after the draft. Surprisingly there was only one other bid, for about 25%.
Then I got Erick All for zero, and dropped Bagent.
So I probably won't be very active, probably/hopefully zero moves until either the season starts or I get an injury.
If FAAB doesn't reset, I won't spend it until preseason at earliest.
Absolutely take dart throws. But take the ones you can get for free. Any player who wasn't drafted in the rookie draft is enough of a longshot that it's not worth giving up the ability to grab a player who emerges once teams hit the field.
The best undrafted rookie, who you have to pay 40% FAAB for, is not hugely more likely to hit than the 10th-best, who you probably can grab for free.
Depends on the league. I've got a 14 team league with 50 players per roster. If someone has me even slightly interested in them, I'll blow everything because there is never anyone on waivers. In contrast in leagues with smaller benches I might only spend a dollar or two on a guy. It's really subjective to league parameters and dynamics.
10 team league, 3 seasons completed. First year I was the only person spending all their faab on rookies. (25% over 4 players). Second year, half the league spent all their faab on rookie bids as I saved a little more (30% over 3 players). Third year, 3/4 of the league spent all their faab on rookie bids as I tried to save slightly more again (25% on 3 players). I didn’t win many bids, but I was able to make in season moves for much cheaper as only a few teams had any faab. TLDR; know your leagues mates tendencies. Zig when they zag.
Most if not all should be spent in the days that follow the rookie draft if your faab is just off season and resets. There will be a mad dash for a few days on the udfa. Once that flurry dies down the opportunities to use faab to pick up players really dies down. It picks up a bit towards the end when players solidify roles so you could justify leaving a little leftover for that. But really you should be aggressive early.
I think the best way is to get rookies that didn’t get drafted in your rookie draft.
The last player besides Puka I remember being faab dump worthy was Elijah Mitchell a couple years back.
I’ll spend damn near all my FAAB on FA rookies. It’s extremely rare to find a serviceable player on waivers in a 12 man league with 30 man rosters, so my best chance at getting value out of my FAAB is hitting on FA rookies
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How the fuck was Josh Allen on waivers after his draft? He was a top 10 drafted QB
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He went #7 overall, that's still wild no matter how you put it. Good on you tho
Maybe he meant Josh Allen the de
What about Jacoby Brisett? How much would you spend on him for a QB3 needy team? Any chance he starts the season and doesn’t give it up this year?
I think Jacoby plays the 1st half of the season. You don’t want your Future pulverized and shell shocked into a terrified disaster.
I don't think you draft at QB at 3 and have him sit behind brisett no matter how bad he is. Gotta get that experience.
Yea I hear ya. I think if they are smart they would. They should play Brissett, who has shown to be a solid backup, then reevaluate mid season. Let’s be real, the Patriots aren’t making playoffs this year.
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Yea but with 360 players rostered I prefer to take my shots on overlooked rookies
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NFL breakout players outside the top 350 of pre draft rankings? I doubt that. I’ll certainly take my chances on a Cade Stover type than a Will Mallory or Malik Washington over Van Jefferson
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Puka was drafted in most leagues and if he wasn’t he’d be the type of guy I’d buy after the rookie draft. Kyren was also rostered because you can hold 30 players and he was 1 of the top 2 RB options in LA. Additionally, I can add overlooked rookie fliers to my taxi squad but need to clear a roster spot for vets. The top available veteran free agents in my league are QB: Stidham, Trubisky, Josh Johnson RB: Ty Johnson, Justice Hill, Kevin Harris WR: Demarcus Robinson, Jake Bobo, Van Jefferson TE: Will Mallory, Durham Smythe, Josh Whyle I just don’t see the value in saving FAAB on the off chance that a veteran no one wanted before the season pops off, when I can take multiple swings at rookies who have a much better chance of increasing their value long term
Which fucking dynasty league had Kyren and Puka on the waivers during the season? Especially with 30 man rosters, there’s no chance. The argument you keep trying to make doesn’t make sense. Those guys are already rostered so literally the only people who aren’t are the rookie FAs immediately after the draft
I'll throw all of it if it makes sense. Used 66/100 on Tracy after the draft
Does your faab reset for the season or do you just love Tracy a lot
Faab doesn't reset. I think Tracy will be rb1 in NY halfway through the season. Watch him vs Michigan and that national championship defense. If you only get your guy by like 1-10 faab you're doing it wrong.
I hope you’re right! I got Tracy for 21 faab in my league
I’m prepared to go like 51%. Desperate times for me and my RBs
I just got Tracy last night for $21 out of $150 budget (two bidders). Stoked because Vidal cost a leaguemate $87!! (three bidders). I also got Braelen Allen for $13. Shipley went for $7.
Yeah I don’t typically spend it all in season so it makes sense to get your guys. Essentially buying more late round picks
Went 85/100 on him. 2nd bid was only like 15. No regrets
I used 55/100 but my faab resets. Also landed Malik Washington undrafted for $15 thought that was a good deal
That’s a great deal
I had some roster cloggers that I traded in for some dart throws. I spent more than I would have had to, but we have pretty deep roosters with a taxi of 9. For about 75% of my FAAB, I got: Estime, Cowing, Rice, Shipley, Ali, and Washington. If one of them hits I'm happy, but our FAAB resets for the regular season so I like to spend it on a few dart throws right after our draft.
Kindve tough to spend FAAB in dynasty. If you see someone you like, go big. Don’t want to finish the year with 90% of your FAAB left
The only situation I could see saving a lot of FAAB all season for is putting a bid on a backup QB should their starter go down. (Browning. Flacco, Dobbs, etc) But it's pretty common for deep leagues to roster all back up QBs.
All my leaguemates do that and then try and send $90 FAAB for a player like Waddle Like bro what am I going to do with these 90 fun bucks that stop existing in a month
I spent 40% on puka last year and got laughed at. Who’s laughing now?
Yep I spent a decent amount on him too
Now list all the players you blew half your faab on that did absolutely nothing
all it takes is one
I used 90% of my FAAB after the draft: - Tyrone Tracy: 37% - Luke McCaffrey: 23% - Erick All: 18% - Theo Johnson: 12% I’ve found FAAB pretty non-essential in this 14 team, roster 28 league. I’d rather take a chance on some high upside rookies to stash in the taxi squad / bench
I’ll literally spend it on UDFAs in most leagues
If it resets, just use it all
I gotta assume he’s asking about non-resetting FAAB. Otherwise, 45% is super low for a player with a top-30 ADP.
Yep, my league just voted on having the budget reset for regular season. I put down $75 on Bucky Irving while all of the other transactions went through for $15 at most. It at least gives me the information that I can most likely win the bid on any player that I like without needing to blow it all lol.
Yeah same, I just decided it was worth it to go hard core after 2 guys I liked, and spent 100% just on them. Still got some nice flyers on the side too
Yeah same, I just decided it was worth it to go hard core after 2 guys I liked, and spent 100% just on them. Still got some nice flyers on the side too
League size matters more for this question than any other. My shallowest league has just over 400 players rostered and I'd go 100% FAAB on Corley if he were there after the draft. For context, the top vet on waivers by ADP is Andrei Iosivas
All of it? Why is this a question?
I made a trade right after my draft to get $50 from another manager. I then proceeded to spend $135 of it on Tracy, Ali, Estime, and Guerendo. No sense in holding it for when I need some like \*checks best available on waivers\* Zay Jones later this year.
I got all of those 4 except Tracy (Giants homer in our league used about half his FAAB on him) along with Brenden Rice, Shipley, Cowing, and Washington. Guerendo I drafted 3.6, but I spent about $200/$250 of my FAAB to get some dart throws I'd rather have than some roster cloggers
Used $35 on B Rice, someone else used $38. Tried to get Jared Wiley for $24, someone else got him for $28. Whatever you are gonna bid, add an extra $4 or $5. The FA rookies I wanted are gone and now I have FAAB that isn't useful to me. For Corley, I'd go 60%+...I also drafted Corley with the 2.12.
Just spent 56 FAAB on Luke McCaffrey in 12 team SF. Second-highest bid was 35 FAAB. I made sure I got him.
Depends on the depth of the league and bench spots. If you have a deep bench in a very proactive league, I’d spend almost all on your favorite sleeper or two. It’s basically a free rookie pick and if they garner any camp hype you can usually flip them for a tangible profit. The waiver is usually so thin that in season adds that are valuable are rare. In a shallow league I’d be more conservative so I can bid heavily on any week 1 or 2 surprise veteran performers or injury beneficiaries that may have a fantasy relevant season that is useful to my team or can be traded to a contender.
People hating on Corley this much is absolutely wild. I would immediately drop almost 100% FAAB on him. Open path to the WR2 on that team and I like his talent. I think there is a very outside chance he could be Puka lite. Maybe living in ARod’s guest house = breakfast with Kupp.
Literally all of it- it’s money that expires for fake football. Fuck it
At least 50% depending on how much you like the player. I never really find good players during the season
FABB doesn't reset in our league, 4 years in I had almost $300 in FABB. Put $100 bids in for Vidal and Tracey Jr., got them both.
Every league im in resets FAAB once the regular season starts. Im going to spend 100% of my FAAB on the first post draft waiver wire in all my leagues.
if u have a hunch, get ur guy.
I dropped 97/100 on Puka last year.
If I'm rebuilding I'll spend 100% of it on rookies. You just want lotto tickets. If I'm contending, I'll still be pretty aggressive but I do stop short of 100% in case I need someone during the year. But in a 14 team league with deep benches, that's rare. So I'm still probably spending 75% at least. The value of FAAB is heavily dependent on the size of your league and how shallow/deep your benches are. The shallower the league, the more guys who are on waivers that could be potential difference makers. The length of the your draft factors in too. If you have a four round rookie draft, well you're pretty much drafting the guys most other leagues are targeting with FAAB.
Post rookie draft I spent about a 60% of my faab on UDFA. $30 on Sean Tucker $20 on Puka $5 on Michael Wilson $5 on Pop Douglas I think I got some backup RB for $0 but can’t remember. Maybe like Joshua Kelly types. I plan on going hard again this year. I’d rather have them in my roster than not if I can clear the bench space.
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We have a really late rookie draft so a lot of the names were already generating some buzz in camp. I had strong conviction in Tucker and Puka. I'm not sure who that could be this far out. Also, my rookie only goes 36 picks so YMMV. - Malik Washington insane college production and adequate YPRR. I think he immediately challenges for WR3 in the offense and if Waddle misses a game or two we could really see if his college production translates to the next level. - Issac Guerrendo - extreme outlier terms of size/speed combo and fits the speed back mold that Shanahan wants. Cons are a lack of contact balance and seems to go down easier than you would think. I'm excited to see what he could do though in that scheme. - Braelon Allen - Just really young, great size. People were talking him up as the RB3 behind Corum and Brooks pre-draft. I think he offers something that NYJ doesn't have in that backfield yet and it could be a lightning/thunder backfield. - Luke McCaffery - Transitioned late from QB to WR and has looked better each passing year. He gets a chance to develop behind McLaurin and if his work ethic is anything like CMC, I think he'll figure it out sooner rather than later. - Tyrone Tracy Jr - He transitioned late from WR to RB and popped off for 6.3 a carry in his final year. That backfield is wide open and with his WR background, he could be a PPR machine. - Brendan Rice - This WR room has a ton of vacated targets and it's worth a shot in the dark. - Spencer Rattler - I'm not going to knock him for losing his spot in college to QB1 in the draft. He's got the arm and athleticism and is a gun slinger. He could end up more Fitzpatrick than Favre. I don't mind stashing him since I have a lot of Pickett I'll probably be dumping post-rookie. Again, my rookie is later than most unfortunately, so some of these guys will probably get some buzz or fizzle out completely.
Who are you thinking of going hard on this year for?
Malik Washington, Guerrendo, Braelon Allen, Luke McCaffery, Tyrone Tracy Jr, Brendan Rice, Spencer Rattler. I explained in detail in the above comment.
What is this? A six team league?
No, but it was my groups first dynasty offseason and I only had a 3rd after selling my 1st and 2nd. I also wanted to aggressively churn the backend of my roster and looked at these free agents as extra draft picks. I think my league mates are going to wise up this year so I'll proabbly spend 80% post draft this year.
In a shallower league (8 teams) that I’m in, I spent $35 on Javon Baker, $35 on Kimani Vidal and $11 on Ray Davis. I only have $19 left for the season but I think each of these guys should have been drafted.
I have no idea—this is my first season in a FAAB league—so I’m curious what you all think of this approach: I’ll obviously spend 100% on a player I had in the top 12 on my draft board. And I’d spend 20% on a top-36 guy. (We only draft three rounds). With those benchmarks, it’s basically a sliding scale. So, for instance, I’d spend about 75% for my 20th overall rookie, and around 40% on my 30th overall. (fwiw, Corley would cost about 46% according to this system and my board, so I guess I’m right there with you). Does that strategy broadly make sense though? Also, do my specific numbers work? (Again, I’m new, so I’m legitimately making this up as I go; I’d love input).
20th ranked rookie is worth much more than FAAB, let alone 75% I’d give all of my FAAB for an extra 3rd pretty easily depending how my roster slots and draft board were looking.
This is helpful; thanks for weighing in. Let’s limit it to waiver claims, so the max I can kick in is 100% of my non-resetting FAAB (unless, of course, I trade for more FAAB prior to waivers). What would be the cutoff for you where you’re no longer paying all 100%? Number 25 on your board? Number 30?
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I don’t think spending 45% on a single player is out of the realm of possibilities. Personally, I think Corley (at this time - before OTAs) would be closer to 15% bid for me. League & level of player optimism dependent. I try to check online resources to get a feel for what the ‘experts’ think is the right %tage. If I like them, I’ll add 5-10% more. If they are a fringe add, maybe I bid 5-10% less than recommended.
I'm completely rebuilding and spent it all lol ($100 no reset) $24 Estime think Javonte is out this year or next $15 Ainias Smith $17 D. Laube (oof) $12 Blake Watson $12 Coker $7 Shipley $7 Cade Stover $3 Eric All $3 Dillon Johnson
After our rookie draft I allot the 16 teams in the league 25 points to spend on UDFAS. Opens right after the draft, bids get put in, next morning they go through. Rest of the week no waivers, just sign for 1 point. Close it in a week, open it again with 100 points for the whole season during training camp
Our league is 12 team SF with 20 roster spots is FAAB in season is almost useless… I’d spend as much as 3/4 if it on a FA pre-season if I felt it was worth it
I dropped like $20-25 each on Puka, Kyren, and Tuipulotu last season Probably would’ve struggled with waivers the rest of the season if Singletary hadn’t shown up for free
Ours resets at the beginning of the season so I’ll blow all of it on rookies that went undrafted in our rookie draft. Our benches are deep so waivers are barren, may as well take a shot on rookies instead of guys like Everett, Chark, Gallup, etc
It’s hard to gauge how cautious your league will be, I unintentionally blew my entire faab getting cowing, Laube, ali, and Colby Parkinson for $20-26 each and then a few more small bids for guys like Jaheim bell. Was stoked to get the haul tho.
Mine resets and I’m targeting Malik Washington, Isaiah Davis and Ainias Smith. I think Malik could be great in Miami! Spending 71/99 on him. The other guys like 14.
I usually won’t spend much if it doesn’t reset. Most others seem the same because when I do decide to bet 10-20% it seems to usually be way more than I needed. However there are other madmen out there I recently saw somebody blow the entire budget which doesn’t reset on 3-4 rookies going between 20-40% on each of them that went undrafted after 4 rounds * 12. So if have to have Corley I’d suggest you go over 50 it’s just a bit higher but I think it gives you a better chance.
Spent 100% on vidal
A not so popular take, zero FAAB for any of these undrafted rookies. Most of my leagues are 12 team and 4 or 5 round rookie drafts so everyone that got drafted by a real team is already taken. Majority of time they never hit and I like having leverage for the regular season and either use the guys I get in the regular seasons or trade them away for pieces.
I Just finished a 10T 1QB TEP draft, 3 rounds. Insane value is still available as some great prospects werent picked: Sinnott Lloyd Tracy Nix Penix how much FAAB would you bid on These Guys ? I am particularly intrigued by Lloyd and Nix (RB is my weak Spot and I only have TLaw at QB). I am pretty Set at TE with LaPorta & Andrews but Sinnott is amazing value. I will try and spend all FAAb, should I Go all in on 1 Guy or Split it with the risk of Missing Out on everyone
Someone dropped Sinnott in my 12-team SF league after drafting him with the 3.06. I dropped $102 (out of a $200 limit) on him, expecting a good bidding war, and the next highest bid was $6. Obviously a huge overpay, but I still feel great about it. Depending on how deep your benches are, the chances of finding a serviceable player are probably super low. I’d much rather spend FAAB on a rookie I believe in than a 4th year guy who has one good week a year. Get your guys!
Really disagree with everyone saying all of it - if you have 5-6 open roster spots sure, but there're usually a few training camp players that get hype that are absolutely worth throwing faab on, imo moreso than the random dart throw rookies
If you play in a deep league, with long rosters and a barren waiver wire, then the first round of waivers (post rookie draft) is the feeding frenzy. This is your one chance of the year to get a player that might actually be worth something, off the damn waiver wire. Reset or not, all that FAAB needs to be going out the door on that first night of waivers. Because there ain't be anyone worth picking up on the wire again for another 364 days... If you play in a more shallow league and want to keep something back for the Donta Foreman, Darius Slayton, Mike Gesicki, Josh Dobbs types of player who you might be able to pick up and use during the season... Well, you might want to hold something back in that case. Maybe spend half keep half.
Rookies are better than anyone I’m gonna find on waivers. I’d spend 70% of my budget every year. Heck that’s how I got tank Dell. Dropped 60% on him
Spend it all
If they're in my top 35 or so overall rookies, I'll gladly blow 100% faab
Audric Estime Will Shipley Rasheen Ali Dylan Laube Malik Washington Jalen Coker These guys are all available to put claims in on. Who would you guys target?
I'm in this 10 team devy SF TEP. Devy and rookies mixed in together. Because of the devy players mixed in, Javon Baker went undrafted. Dropped 100% on him since the Pats room is unclear
I already spent 100% on Sam Darnold haha. Right away when it opened up after the draft. Surprisingly there was only one other bid, for about 25%. Then I got Erick All for zero, and dropped Bagent. So I probably won't be very active, probably/hopefully zero moves until either the season starts or I get an injury.
Don’t think of it as FAAB. Think of it as 4.13, 4.14, and so on. Fuck that money.
If FAAB doesn't reset, I won't spend it until preseason at earliest. Absolutely take dart throws. But take the ones you can get for free. Any player who wasn't drafted in the rookie draft is enough of a longshot that it's not worth giving up the ability to grab a player who emerges once teams hit the field. The best undrafted rookie, who you have to pay 40% FAAB for, is not hugely more likely to hit than the 10th-best, who you probably can grab for free.
Geno shockingly dropped in a massively deep SF IDP league $200 FAAB - how much?
I'm saving my FAAB for the season. I might throw a few dollars, but if he went undrafted, apparently nobody wanted him that much.
Depends on league. 12 man I’ll be somewhat conservative, 16 I’ll be ultra aggressive.
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on average you let 50 FAAB go unused every year go big this year and snatch up the guys that you might want
Depends on the league. I've got a 14 team league with 50 players per roster. If someone has me even slightly interested in them, I'll blow everything because there is never anyone on waivers. In contrast in leagues with smaller benches I might only spend a dollar or two on a guy. It's really subjective to league parameters and dynamics.
50 players per roster?I This better be IDP lol.
Yep lol. Start 12 on offense and 12 on defense, with a 26 player bench, 10 IRs and 10 taxi. The vast majority of the league is rostered.
I spent $26 on Theo Johnson, $18 on Johnny Wilson, and $10 on Frank Gore Jr so about half our budget.
I spent 43/100 on Vidal with no FAAB reset
10 team league, 3 seasons completed. First year I was the only person spending all their faab on rookies. (25% over 4 players). Second year, half the league spent all their faab on rookie bids as I saved a little more (30% over 3 players). Third year, 3/4 of the league spent all their faab on rookie bids as I tried to save slightly more again (25% on 3 players). I didn’t win many bids, but I was able to make in season moves for much cheaper as only a few teams had any faab. TLDR; know your leagues mates tendencies. Zig when they zag.
No, I wouldn't spend half my faab on Corley unless you have 40-45+ man rosters.
Most if not all should be spent in the days that follow the rookie draft if your faab is just off season and resets. There will be a mad dash for a few days on the udfa. Once that flurry dies down the opportunities to use faab to pick up players really dies down. It picks up a bit towards the end when players solidify roles so you could justify leaving a little leftover for that. But really you should be aggressive early.
If it resets wk1 or I'm in a rebuild, then I'll use it all almost everytime.
I think the best way is to get rookies that didn’t get drafted in your rookie draft. The last player besides Puka I remember being faab dump worthy was Elijah Mitchell a couple years back.
35 on purdy. Best faab spent ever
I blew 32% of my FAAB on Vidal, Javon Baker, Coker, Guerrendo, and Laube